NFL WILD CARD & DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced today the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Wild Card Playoffs of January 8-9 and Divisional Playoffs of January 15-16 (all times Eastern):

NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND

Saturday, January 8

NFC: 4:30 PM (ET)

New Orleans at Seattle (NBC-TV)

AFC: 8:00 PM (ET)

New York Jets at Indianapolis (NBC-TV)

Sunday, January 9

AFC: 1:00 PM (ET)

Baltimore at Kansas City (CBS-TV)

NFC: 4:30 PM (ET)

Green Bay at Philadelphia (FOX-TV)

NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS

Saturday, January 15

AFC: 4:30 PM (ET)

Indianapolis or Kansas City or Baltimore at Pittsburgh (CBS-TV)

NFC: 8:00 PM (ET)

Seattle or New Orleans or Green Bay at Atlanta (FOX-TV)

Sunday, January 16

NFC: 1:00 PM (ET)

Philadelphia or Seattle or New Orleans at Chicago (FOX-TV)

AFC: 4:30 PM (ET)

Kansas City or Baltimore or New York Jets at New England (CBS-TV)

In the Divisional Playoffs, the division champion with the best record in each conference will host the lowest seeded Wild Card survivor. Once teams are seeded for the playoffs, positions do not change:

American Football Conference

National Football Conference

1. New England (14-2, AFC East champion)

1. Atlanta (13-3, NFC South champion)

2. Pittsburgh (12-4, AFC North champion)

2. Chicago (11-5, NFC North champion)

3. Indianapolis (10-6, AFC South champion)

3. Philadelphia (10-6, NFC East champion)

4. Kansas City (10-6, AFC West champion)

4. Seattle (7-9) (NFC West champion)

5. Baltimore (12-4)

5. New Orleans (11-5)

6. New York Jets (11-5)

6. Green Bay (10-6)

The AFC (CBS, 6:30 PM ET) and NFC (FOX, 3:00 PM ET) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 23.

The 2011 Pro Bowl (FOX, 7:00 PM ET) will be played on Sunday, January 30 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, one week before Super Bowl XLVtakes place at Cowboys Stadium in North Texas on Sunday, February 6 (FOX, 6:30 PM ET).